Genre-jumping Fulbright scholar takes a novel path

Aspiring scientist Ariel Djanikian, MFA ’04, read the writing on the lab wall when she found herself prioritizing creative writing over her latest experiment. Her fascinating and often tragic family history informs a recurring theme in both of her novels: the obliteration of one group of people for the convenience of another.
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Improvements in human genome databases offer a promising future for cancer research
A gene sequencing method called ribosome profiling has expanded our understanding of the human genome by identifying previously unknown protein coding regions. Also known as Ribo-seq, this method allows researchers to get a high-resolution snapshot of protein production in cells.
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A pill to treat postpartum depression? It’s here
The fast-acting pill, paired with psychosocial treatment, offers a comprehensive treatment plan, but price concerns remain
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University seeks nominations for honorary degree recipients
Nominees may be individuals who have advanced their field of endeavor in significant ways, or who have made compelling contributions to society. Nominating deadline for candidates to be considered for the 2024 Spring Commencement Exercises is 5 p.m. Oct. 16.
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Life at Prettyman’s
Horace and Jennie Prettyman’s sprawling manse on North University was Ann Arbor’s best-known boarding house, serving more than a million meals to students from 1875 to 1914 — including Fielding Yost’s varsity football players, who ate there nightly.
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‘These young Americans’
The first Japanese American workers arrived on the U-M campus in 1943. When they were willing to wash dishes and stock shelves, the University opened its doors. When they applied as students, the doors closed.
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Dick Gaskill and his photographic memory
After seven decades, Michigan Marching Band photographer Dick Gaskill, BBA ’57, has finally put down his gameday camera. But all those memories at Michigan Stadium are forever printed in the pages of history, and on his heart.
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President's Message
Renewing our commitment
President Santa J. Ono encourages the U-M community to unite in creating a brighter world of peace. -
Editor's Blog
Make the world go away
Has anyone seen the reset button? Methinks the humans need a do-over. -
Climate Blue
Adding fuel to the fire
Ricky Rood gives Jimi Hendrix a run for his money in this assessment of fire, the wild kind. -
Health Yourself
What’s the dope on psychedelic science? Part 2
Vic Katch concludes his two-part series about the expanding field of scientific research into 'psychedelics' as medicine.